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AP is reporting that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will veto a bill seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in California , according to a spokeswoman. The announcement follows a statement from the Governor's office late Tuesday on initial passage of...

A proposed ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in Massachusetts can move forward after state Attorney General Tom Reilly ruled Wednesday that Article 48 of the state constitution allows voters...

Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, passed by the California Assembly . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

AP is reporting that the California Assembly has narrowly passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. AB 849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act was approved by the state Senate [JURIST...

Leading Friday's states brief, a federal judge will hear arguments next week in Missouri's attempt to prevent the closing of the Air National Guard in St. Louis, with the state arguing that the Pentagon must...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the California Senate by a 21-15 vote approved legislation today that would legalize same-sex marriages. Bill sponsor Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, plans to bring the bill up in the state Assembly on...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Baltimore Circuit Court Judge today heard arguments concerning the constitutionality of the state's same-sex marriage prohibition. The plaintiffs allege that a 1973 state law which states that only a marriage between a man and...

Leading Wednesday's states brief, a New Jersey court of appeals ruled today that out-of-state companies with no physical presence in the state may be taxed on sales of their goods. State Treasurer John McCormac...

Aruba's Superior Court has ruled that a lesbian couple legally married in the Netherlands has the right to register their marriage in the autonomous Caribbean republic that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (includings the...

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court held today without comment that it will not immediately review a March ruling that declared the state ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. In that ruling, Superior Court...